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Estimated employment180
Mean wage$14.07
Entry wage$11.64
10th percentile wage$11.17
50th percentile wage$12.70
90th percentile wage$18.91
Top Employing Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Percent
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities17091.1%
Top Paying Industries
 IndustryEmployment
Median Wage
Trade, Transportation,, and Utilities17012.50
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse (45-2092)
Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities. Excludes Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products" (45-2041) and Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers" (45-4011 through 45-4029).
Median Wage History
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
Occupational Group
Difference
Current$12.70 $13.06  -$0.36
2019$12.11+4.9%$12.45 +4.9%-$0.34
2018$11.82+2.5%$12.16 +2.5%-$0.33
2017$11.50+2.8%$11.83 +2.8%-$0.32
2016$11.16+3.1%$11.48 +3.1%-$0.31
2015$10.98+1.7%$11.29 +1.7%-$0.31
2014$10.74+2.2%$11.05 +2.2%-$0.30
2013$10.58+1.5%$10.88 +1.5%-$0.29
2012$10.49+.9%$10.79 +.9%-$0.29
2011$10.33+1.5%$10.63 +1.5%-$0.29
YearThis
Occupation
Compared to
All Occupations
Difference
Current$12.70 $26.15  -$13.45
2019$12.11+4.9%$25.09 +4.2%-$12.97
2018$11.82+2.5%$24.32 +3.1%-$12.50
2017$11.50+2.8%$23.67 +2.8%-$12.16
2016$11.16+3.1%$23.13 +2.3%-$11.97
2015$10.98+1.7%$22.65 +2.1%-$11.67
2014$10.74+2.2%$22.16 +2.2%-$11.42
2013$10.58+1.5%$21.72 +2.1%-$11.13
2012$10.49+.9%$21.34 +1.7%-$10.85
2011$10.33+1.5%$21.01 +1.6%-$10.67
Note: The mid-wage is the median wage. The average wage is the mean wage. The entry-level wage is equal to the average of the lower third of reported wages for the occupation. The wage range consists of the 10th and 90th percentiles; 80% of workers earn between this wage range, 10% earn less while 10% earn more.
Reference Date: 1st Quarter 2020
Top Areas For This Occupation
Best Pay
Median Wage / Employment
Danbury $16.34 
New Haven $13.85150
Waterbury $13.69 
Bridgeport-Stamford $12.70180
Highest Employment
Median Wage / Employment
Bridgeport-Stamford $12.70180
New Haven $13.85150
Norwich-New London $12.1280
Hartford $11.5860
Wages in other areas
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